Amos 5

1 Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.

١ اسْمَعُوا هَذِهِ الْمَرْثِيَّةَ الَّتِي أَرْثِيكُمْ بِها يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

2 "The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up."

٢ قَدْ سَقَطَتْ عَذْرَاءُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَنْ تَنْهَضَ بَعْدُ. صَارَتْ طَرِيحَةً عَلَى أَرْضِهَا وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُقِيمُهَا.

3 For thus says the LORD: "The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth one hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel."

٣ لأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: إِنَّ الْمَدِينَةَ الَّتِي قَدَّمَتْ أَلْفاً مِنْ رِجَالِهَا لِلْحَرْبِ، لَا يَبْقَى لَهَا مِنْهُمْ سِوَى مِئَةٍ. وَالَّتِي قَدَّمَتْ مِئَةً مِنْهُمْ لِلْحَرْبِ لَا يَبْقَى لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْهُمْ سِوَى عَشَرَةٍ.

4 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: "Seek me, and you will live;

٤ لأَنَّ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ لِبَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ: الْتَمِسُونِي فَتَحْيَوْا.

5 but do not seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and do not pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.

٥ لَا تَسْعَوْا وَرَاءَ بَيْتِ إِيلَ، وَلا تَدْخُلُوا الْجِلْجَالَ، وَلا تَعْبُرُوا إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ، لأَنَّ أَهْلَ الْجِلْجَالِ لابُدَّ أَنْ يَتِمَّ سَبْيُهُمْ، وَبَيْتَ إِيلَ تُصْبِحُ عَدَماً.

6 Seek the LORD, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

٦ الْتَمِسُوا الرَّبَّ فَتَحيَوْا لِئَلّا يَنْدَلِعَ كَنَارٍ تُحْرِقُ بَيْتَ يُوسُفَ وَتَلْتَهِمُ بَيْتَ إِيلَ، وَلَيْسَ مَنْ يُطْفِئُ.

7 You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:

٧ إِنَّكُمْ تُحَوِّلُونَ الْعَدْلَ مَرَارَةً، وَتَطْرَحُونَ الْحَقَّ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

8 seek him who made Kimah and Kesil, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,

٨ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ الثُّرَيَّا وَالْجَبَّارَ، وَيُحَوِّلُ دَيَاجِيرَ الظُّلْمَةِ إِلَى نَهَارٍ، وَالنَّهَارَ إِلَى لَيْلٍ، وَيَسْتَدْعِي مِيَاهَ الْبَحْرِ وَيُفِيضُهَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ، الرَّبُّ اسْمُهُ.

9 who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.

٩ الَّذِي يُنْزِلُ الْخَرَابَ بِالْقَوِيِّ، فَيَعْصِفُ الدَّمَارُ بِالْحُصُونِ.

10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

١٠ قَدْ أَبْغَضُوا مَنْ يُنَدِّدُ بِالْجَوْرِ فِي سَاحَةِ الْقَضَاءِ، وَيَكْرَهُونَ مَنْ يَنْطِقُ بِالْحَقِّ.

11 Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

١١ فَلأَنَّكُمْ تَطَأُونَ الْمِسْكِينَ وَتَبْتَزُّونَ مِنْهُ رِشْوَةَ قَمْحٍ حَتَّى تُشَيِّدُوا بُيُوتاً مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ مَنْحُوتَةٍ، فَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَسْكُنُوا فِيهَا، وَتَغْرِسُوا كُرُوماً شَهِيَّةً وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَشْرَبُوا مِنْ خَمْرِهَا.

12 For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins—you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.

١٢ لأَنَّنِي عَالِمٌ بِكَثْرَةِ مَعَاصِيكُمْ وَعِظَمِ خَطَايَاكُمْ، إِذْ إِنَّكُمْ تُضَايِقُونَ الْبَارَّ أَيُّهَا الْمُرْتَشُونَ الَّذِينَ تَصُدُّونَ الْمِسْكِينَ عَنْ حَقِّهِ فِي سَاحَةِ الْقَضَاءِ.

13 Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

١٣ لِهَذَا يَصْمُتُ الْعَاقِلُ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الزَّمَانِ الرَّدِيءِ.

14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you say.

١٤ اطْلُبُوا الْخَيْرَ لَا الشَّرَّ لِتَحْيَوْا، فَيَكُونَ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ الْقَدِيرُ مَعَكُمْ كَمَا تَقُولُونَ.

15 Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph."

١٥ امْقُتُوا الشَّرَّ وَأَحِبُّوا الْخَيْرَ وَأَقِيمُوا الْعَدْلَ فِي سَاحَةِ الْقَضَاءِ، لَعَلَّ الرَّبَّ الإِلَهَ الْقَدِيرَ يَتَرَفَّقُ عَلَى بَقِيَّةِ بَيْتِ يُوسُفَ.

16 Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts: "Wailing will be in all the broad ways; and they will say in all the streets, 'Alas. Alas.' and they will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.

١٦ لِذَلِكَ، هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ الْقَدِيرُ، سَيَمْلأُ النَّحِيبُ أَرْجَاءَ السَّاحَاتِ، وَيَرْتَفِعُ عَوِيلُهُمْ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ قَائِلِينَ: آهِ! آهِ! وَيَدْعُونَ الْفَلاحِينَ إِلَى الْبُكَاءِ، وَالنَّادِبَاتِ إِلَى الرِّثَاءِ،

17 In all vineyards there will be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you," says the LORD.

١٧ وَتَعْلُو الْوَلْوَلَةُ فِي جَوَانِبِ الْكُرُومِ، لأَنِّي سَأَجْتَازُ مُنْتَقِماً فِي وَسَطِكُمْ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

18 "Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD. Why do you long for the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light.

١٨ وَيْلٌ للَّذِينَ يَتَشَوَّقُونَ لِيَوْمِ الرَّبِّ. لِمَاذَا تَطْلُبُونَ مَجِيءَ يَوْمِ الرَّبِّ؟ فَيَوْمُ الرَّبِّ هُوَ ظُلْمَةٌ لَا نُورٌ.

19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

١٩ فَتَكُونُونَ كَرَجُلٍ هَرَبَ مِنْ وَجْهِ أَسَدٍ فَلَقِيَهُ دُبٌّ، أَوْ كَمَنْ دَخَلَ إِلَى بَيْتٍ وَاتَّكَأَ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى حَائِطٍ فَلَدَغَتْهُ أَفْعَى.

20 Won't the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

٢٠ أَوَ لَيْسَ يَوْمُ الرَّبِّ ظُلْمَةً لَا نُوراً، وَقَتَاماً خَالِياً مِنَ الضِّيَاءِ؟

21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.

٢١ إِنِّي أَمْقُتُ أَعْيَادَكُمْ وَأَحْتَقِرُهَا، وَلا أُسَرُّ بِاحْتِفَالاتِكُمْ.

22 Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

٢٢ وَمَعَ أَنَّكُمْ تُقَرِّبُونَ لِي ذَبَائِحَ مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ وَتَقْدِمَاتِكُمْ مِنَ الدَّقِيقِ، فَإِنِّي لَا أَقْبَلُهَا وَلا أَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى ذَبَائِحِ السَّلامِ مِنْ مُسَمَّنَاتِ مَوَاشِيكُمْ.

23 Take away from me the noise of your songs. I will not listen to the music of your harps.

٢٣ أَبْعِدُوا عَنِّي جَلَبَةَ أَغَانِيكُمْ لأَنِّي لَنْ أَصْغِيَ إِلَى نَغَمَاتِ رَبَابَاتِكُمْ.

24 But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

٢٤ إِنَّمَا لِيَجْرِ الْحَقُّ مُتَدَفِّقاً كَالْمِيَاهِ وَالْعَدْلُ كَنَهْرٍ سَيَّالٍ.

25 "Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

٢٥ هَلْ قَرَّبْتُمْ لِي ذَبَائِحَ وَتَقْدِمَاتٍ طَوَالَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

26 You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made to worship them.

٢٦ بَلْ إِنَّ الْمَلِكَ الَّذِي حَمَلْتُمْ خَيْمَتَهُ وَنَصْبَ تَمَاثِيلِهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ سِوَى نَجْمٍ صَنَعْتُمُوهُ لأَنْفُسِكُمْ وَعَبَدْتُمُوهُ كَإِلَهٍ.

27 Therefore I will exile you beyond Babylon," says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.

٢٧ لِذَلِكَ أَسْبِيكُمْ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءَ دِمَشْقَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الَّذِي اسْمُهُ الإِلَهُ الْقَدِيرُ.